tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post1459205690923864617..comments2024-03-20T13:48:59.399-04:00Comments on Classic Sci-Fi Movies: Forbidden PlanetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-23773921418165023902017-03-19T19:29:31.820-04:002017-03-19T19:29:31.820-04:00About the military and "Forbidden Planet"... About the military and "Forbidden Planet" and "Planet Earth"... It's interesting that the descendant of FP, "Star Trek", is a paramilitary setting with ranks and some version of naval discipline... And "Planet Earth" is a product of the same Gene Roddenberry who conceived "Star Trek"... Those military mutants in "Planet Earth" seem thingmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011048675050396438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-44187986856505315862016-12-31T21:27:49.878-05:002016-12-31T21:27:49.878-05:00Howdie Moviegoers,
I have seen this movie maybe tw...Howdie Moviegoers,<br><br />I have seen this movie maybe twenty times.<br><br />Let's see:<br><br />Plot line is excellent.<br><br />Acting is superb.<br><br />Special effects could stand up fairly well today, let alone in the fifties where they are fantastic.<br><br />The pace of the film never lags.<br><br />The sound effects/sound track by Louis and Bebe Barron are great.<br><br />Did I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476819952099329317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-4120585253725941042013-08-20T06:50:16.938-04:002013-08-20T06:50:16.938-04:00WCW,
I would dare say most American still could no...WCW,<br />I would dare say most American still could not find Vietnam on a map. But, where's the problem in the paragraph? Yes, the Vietnam War had not yet taken place in '56. It was a pre-Vietnam-Era film. I did not say FP was a post-Vietnam movie. It was PRE- So, audiences were okay with the WWII (post-WWII) view of the military.<br /><br />In the post-Vietnam-Era, producers, writers Nightowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636207098734817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-12044830021753356682013-08-20T06:33:52.308-04:002013-08-20T06:33:52.308-04:00I have to take issue with this paragraph--
"...I have to take issue with this paragraph--<br /><br />"Navy in Space -- In the post-Vietnam era, it may seem a bit odd that the crew of the Star Cruiser was so overtly military. The ranks and jargon was thoroughly Navy. The comic-relief character, Cookie, was a blatant lift from WWII movies. While things military fell out of favor after Vietnam, in the 50s, the military still had an heroic wcw43921https://www.blogger.com/profile/05040897586675504321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-74545909322776470172012-05-18T02:36:19.598-04:002012-05-18T02:36:19.598-04:00Star Trek's "Requiem for Methuselah"...Star Trek's "Requiem for Methuselah" recaptures many of the elements of this film with Flint taking the role of Morbius, Rayna taking the role of Altaira, robot M4 for Robby. An isolated house on an uninhabited planet. Yes, the stories lose much of the commonality, but not totally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-34012464557982802682010-10-09T03:02:09.035-04:002010-10-09T03:02:09.035-04:00Forbidden Planet stays at the top of my list for b...Forbidden Planet stays at the top of my list for best classic sci-fi. I am amazed at how good the special effects are in this movie, considering the year in which it was made.Brian Bartlettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-74318473059406636932009-08-03T03:51:44.053-04:002009-08-03T03:51:44.053-04:00Wow! Fantastic Blog. (I just stumbled upon it)
I ...Wow! Fantastic Blog. (I just stumbled upon it) <br />I have a big place in my heart for the sci-fi movies of the 50's and early 60's.<br />Forgotten Planet is one of my faves. <br />It's worth watching just for the weird eerie electronic score. This,<br />along with War of the World, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, <br />The Thing from Another World and the original Godzilla movie areBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424767163067693408noreply@blogger.com